Ethnobotany A Methods Manual

Name: Ethnobotany A Methods Manual
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ISBN: 9780412483707

ISBN-10: 041248370X

ISBN-13: 9780412483707

Edition: 1995

Authors: Gary J. Martin

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Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing new crops and products such as drugs from traditional plants. This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved. It explains data collection and hypothesis testing and provides practical ideas on fieldwork ethics and the application of results to conservation and…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 12/31/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Consuelo Lï¿½pez Springfield is an Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Madison--Wisconsin, where she teaches women's studies. She has published widely in Caribbean studies.



The 'People and Plants' Initiative



International Panel of Advisers


Internal Panel of Advisers


Foreword



Preface


Introduction



Data collection and hypothesis testing



Botany



Ethnopharmacology and related fields



Anthropology



Ecology



Economics



Linguistics



Ethnobotany, conservation and community development


References


Further reading


Index